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 by PARAM
5 months 3 weeks ago
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Barbados   Just far enough North of Philadelphia
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RamsFan4Life wrote:Hey guys, new to the BB. I want to believe the rams have a good chance to win, and I do, but the Vikings will be more prepared this time.


I'm sure the Vikings will be more prepared this time. But what's to prevent the Rams from being "more prepared" this time too? Or do you mean the Vikings will be more prepared than the Rams? I don't think winning the first time around prohibits preparedness? Just like losing the first time around doesn't allow for more.

I rewatched that game on NFL Channel last night. There were more than a half dozen plays that could have went either way on both sides. But more important, that game was 11 weeks ago (almost 3 months). That's a long time.

Fernando Valenzuela died 2 days before the game and the World Series was starting the day after. Kupp was playing for the first time in 4 weeks, Puka was playing for the first time in 5 weeks. Versa and Fiske were playing in their 6th game, Speights got his first snaps of the season that night. Limmer was starting his 5th game, Avila was on IR, Higbee wasn't even close to playing and Kinchens hadn't played 90 snaps yet.

I think both teams will be prepared. Who wins will be determined by which units play the best.

BTW, welcome to the board.

 by snackdaddy
5 months 3 weeks ago
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United States of America   Merced California
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Any reports on if the fires are affecting their practice schedule? Last thing they need is a distraction from the task at hand.

 by actionjack
5 months 3 weeks ago
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United States of America   Sactown
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PARAM wrote:After that showing in Detroit, he's probably expecting a lot of blitzing. I'm hoping they show blitz often but most times let their front four do the work and drop back to pick a couple off. I want to see our run game take off, some of those WR screens LaFleur had a lot of success with vs Seattle and for gawd sakes, send Tutu deep a few times! I think it's gonna take 27-30 points to get this done.


Also why Detroit was so effective, was their DB's played very physical and sticky with the Minn WR's. I dont think that style suits our DB group. We better get pressure on Darnold one way or another. Probably need to force a TO or 3. Our offense has to do its part as well, no 3 and outs and score 28+ points...

 by PARAM
5 months 3 weeks ago
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actionjack wrote:Also why Detroit was so effective, was their DB's played very physical and sticky with the Minn WR's. I dont think that style suits our DB group. We better get pressure on Darnold one way or another. Probably need to force a TO or 3. Our offense has to do its part as well, no 3 and outs and score 28+ points...


DING!DING!DING!

We aren't going to win this game 13-6 or 17-13. But if our O can put points on the board, it will help our D in many ways.

 by actionjack
5 months 3 weeks ago
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United States of America   Sactown
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PARAM wrote:DING!DING!DING!

We aren't going to win this game 13-6 or 17-13. But if our O can put points on the board, it will help our D in many ways.


I could see this being a bit more low scoring since they played each other week 8.
The Vikings only scored 6 points after the first quarter :shock2: . Our offense scored a TD every quarter....

 by Elvis
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United States of America   Los Angeles
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snackdaddy wrote:Any reports on if the fires are affecting their practice schedule? Last thing they need is a distraction from the task at hand.


Today is the first day of practice for this week's game so we should be hearing stuff about it, presser from McVay, etc...

 by Elvis
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United States of America   Los Angeles
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RamsFan4Life wrote:Hey guys, new to the BB. I want to believe the rams have a good chance to win, and I do, but the Vikings will be more prepared this time.


Coming off of an embarrassment like last week, gotta think Vikings will be focused. Then again, was a physical, emotionally draining game for them. Hopefully it took its toll.

Welcome to the board!

 by Elvis
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/zn/ wrote:What are people's thoughts on why the screen pass worked with LaFleur/Garappolo but were not working anywhere near as well (last 3 games) with McVay/Stafford.


That's a great question. No clue. Because it wasn't really a serious game for either team so we can't judge it as such? Really no idea, maybe luck. A lot of it was breaking the first tackle and i feel like that's just hit or miss...

 by actionjack
5 months 3 weeks ago
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United States of America   Sactown
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Elvis wrote:That's a great question. No clue. Because it wasn't really a serious game for either team so we can't judge it as such? Really no idea, maybe luck. A lot of it was breaking the first tackle and i feel like that's just hit or miss...


No 1, I dont think Jimmy had much time to throw and I think the Rams were prepared for that so they had it in there game plan. I also think Jimmy is a little better at check down type stuff than Stafford, the timing was on point. Stafford looks more downfield.

 by rams74
5 months 3 weeks ago
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Italy   Glendale, Arizona
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actionjack wrote:No 1, I dont think Jimmy had much time to throw and I think the Rams were prepared for that so they had it in there game plan. I also think Jimmy is a little better at check down type stuff than Stafford, the timing was on point. Stafford looks more downfield.

Sure, those are valid points. But the thing that stuck out to me was the fact that it continued to work, over and over again. Usually a defense that gets burned by the screen game once or twice makes adjustments and then the screen game gets shut down. That didn't happen with the Seahawks' defense. They just kept falling for it repeatedly. That's on them.

You can't fault LaFleur for continuing to call plays that are working.

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